the all aussie dribble thread!

[460cixy]

If only you saw all the television shows on how the "Made In Australia" labeling is being well and truly rorted
Labeling laws are a joke.

Your right there the labeling laws here ain't worth the paper there written on

 

[MCW]

Your right there the labeling laws here ain't worth the paper there written on

There is good reason why companies are being investigated for this on a daily basis. Made In Australia sells. Unfortunately people generally don't want to pay for it so companies pull dodgey sh*t to benefit from the label but sneak production offshore to avoid the higher Australian production costs in the process.
I've seen and heard of too many GB bars going back under warranty to believe they are the same bar as they used to be.

 

[ausneil 1]

Note that I am not a lawyer and not an expert in international commerce or Australian law. But from what I read, in Oz, to carry an unqualified ‘made in Australia' label and ensure compliance with the Trade Practices Act 1974, a product must be:

• Substantially transformed in the country represented;
• A minimum of 50 per cent of production costs must be incurred in the country represented

So one would conclude that at least 50% of the cost of making 'Made in Australia' GB bars happens in Oz. Now that may mean that if the bars are being stamped out in China for 2 cents each, and then sent to Oz for grinding, riveting, painting and packaging for another 2 cents, they can be labeled as 'Made in Oz.' But I do not see how that would be any cheaper or better for GB than just stamping, grinding, riveting, painting and packaging them in China like they do with their hard nosed bars. Note that if the bars were made exclusively in Oz, they could be labeled "Product of Australia" or "Australian Made".

To be imported to the US, all products must have the country of origin stamped on them or their labels. So they just have to have the word 'Australia' stamped on them if they are imported here from Oz. Seemingly they can be made in China and shipped to Oz and exported to the US with the Australia label, but not exported with the 'Made in Australia' label under Oz law (unless 50%+ of the cost is incurred in Oz).

G'day gentlemen, lunch time ....
I may be missing the boat here but I am thinking the GB factory is closed down and the only bars still being sold off are new old stock. All that above is above my pay grade I'm afraid.
All I know is every piece of sawn timber I sell at my mill is 100% aussie native hardwood, felled, snug, graded, loaded and transported to my mill site within a 50 km radiuses of its origin then milled onsite strapped and every piece sold in NSW and QLD, that will do me for ''Australian Made and owned''.

 

[WidowMaker_1]

I wonder how many will be jumping in getting behind the new Australian made Lithgow LA101 cross over rimfire .22

 

[ozflea]

Well the biggest problem is the buyer whether professional or consumer they all want the lowest price and when manufacturers cant meet this then they have no choice ie we all whinge about new saw prices but whinge about shelling out our hard earn't money to buy such, so chainsaw prices and quality are like groceries and those who grow them and unless everyone can make as much as possible then China wins hands down

 

[tdi-rick]

I wonder how many will be jumping in getting behind the new Australian made Lithgow LA101 cross over rimfire .22

Really ?
Cool !

I have an original Slazenger/Lithgow single shot that was my grandfather's, ergo gave it to my dad at sixteen, who passed it on to me at sixteen and it can still head shoot a bunny at silly ranges with its little open sights.

sent from a hand held thingy via magic invisible waves......

 

[MCW]

I wonder how many will be jumping in getting behind the new Australian made Lithgow LA101 cross over rimfire .22

Hey they don't look too bad and if I was in the market for an Australian .22 I'd have a good look at them. Unfortunately there are well proven foreign rifles available with good pedigree for cheaper and this is where they'll find them a tough sell I think. The Crossover's RRP is $990. You can buy a CZ for just over $700.
I'm the biggest Patriot going around but I'm not going to pay more for a possibly inferior product just to support a foreign owned? company that already has millions of dollars worth of military contracts.

 

[WidowMaker_1]

yeah they look alright, i would of preferred a wooden stock option on them, but they could be worth investing in seeing they may not be around for long if they don't sell enough to keep producing them ? hopefully they will broaden there range into centrefire and produce some more classic wooden stock rifles . Shame there not nearly as nice as a high end walnut stocked CZ 455 Varmint, which is priced at $1137

 

[460cixy]

I heard somewhere they were bringing out a centre fire but I could be wrong. I wouldn't mind a new one to go with my original lithgow but there a bit dear but I couldent see o e shooting any worse then anything else

 

[WidowMaker_1]

I dont mind spending the extra if there worth it, theres plenty of things in life that we get over charged on everyday, so a few hundred aint gonna be a deal breaker

 

[460cixy]

I think one in 243 or 25/06 would be good see what happens seems to be takeing for ever for them to get on the market

 

[MCW]

I think one in 243 or 25/06 would be good see what happens seems to be takeing for ever for them to get on the market

Due to the limited market they'll probably only have one barrel and stock option. I'm betting it will be a pretty basic setup although they do have a hammer forging setup so their barrels should be good.

 

[WidowMaker_1]

in a write up in the April-June guns n' game mag, they do say a centrefire is planned for the near future, starting in .223 and possibly a .308 ....the write up sounds okay on the test rifle ,its a bugger how they change things slightly for the production run rifle , like the test rifle has a steel bolt handle and the production run will have a nylon knob on the production model plus a few other changes on production run .says the test rifle was 3.8kg the production one will be 3.1kg... i would of preferred the heavier steel bolt knob version ..o-well

 

[deye223]

they ain't Australian as Lithgow are owned buy the frogs and (so i have been told .could be wrong) yep i have a bee in my bonnet about being ripped of buy these pricks on a rifle that is made here buy a company that already makes 1000's of rifles .

no export freight import and currency charges to me adds up to it being worth about $600 tops and even then ya still being bent over

(i'll tell ya how i really feel later )

 

[460cixy]

Why it ended up in the hands of the frogs has got me ****** same as adi power so things should stay australian for the sake of our own security same as fuel refinery,s we go to war tomorrow and we have no ******* fuel

 

[MCW]

Thales...

 

[460cixy]

I call em fails

 

[WidowMaker_1]

I call em fails

with there billions of dollars likely made every year i think fail seems kinda fitting lol

 

[billyj]

i see gb still have the sunshine address on their website, ill be in the area next week and ill grab a few pics, last time through about 18 months or so ago there was a big for lease sign out the front of their factory

 

[WidowMaker_1]

I be liking the M70 Stealth